Year 10 Visual Art

The Year 10 Visual Art course focuses on developing and extending students' drawing and mixed media skills using a range of techniques and processes.  Students will investigate Oceania Art from the past and present, developing their knowledge and identifying  the contexts in which artworks were made, viewed and valued.  Term 3 will extend students' understanding of pattern making and mixed media through developing a larger Mandala painting.  Term 4 will further develop students' knowledge of the elements and principles of Art.  Practical work will be generated from artist models who use collage and printmaking processes and techniques.

Students will investigate Traditional forms of Oceania Art: Tapa, Tattoo, Tivaevae and patterns from different cultures. As the year progresses we will extend into Mandala Art, still life and portraiture. Students will develop an understanding of  contemporary artists' work from the past and present and identify the contexts in which they were made, viewed and valued.  Students will experiment with a range of media to develop their Practical Skills to further  the development of  their own ideas to produce finished artworks.

The course provides a foundation for NCEA Level 1 Visual Art.

At the end of this course students will have completed a 'Multicultural pattern and Contemporary Art' unit, a 'Mandala Art' unit and a 'Mixed Media and Collage' unit. These units will be asses by research, artist analysis, developing ideas and practical work.